China’s Shenyang Chem to start up caustic soda, PVC plants in 2015

06 September 2012 09:57[Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--?xml:namespace>China’s Shenyang Chemical plans to start up its 250,000 tonne/year caustic sodaand 200,000 tonne/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants as well as some other plantsin 2015, a company source said on Thursday.

The other plants includea 1,500 tonne/year silicon dioxide plant, a 60,000 tonne/year propylene oxide (PO) plant and a 60,000 tonne/year polypropylene glycol (PPG) plant, which are being built at the same time, the source added.

Construction of the plants has started in end-August.

The five plants, with a total investment of yuan (CNY) 2.6bn ($409m), will be located in theShenyang Economic & Technological Development Area, said the source.

Shenyang Chemical is a state-owned listed company mainly engaged in chlor-alkali chemicals, deep oil processing and new chemical materials.